CLL nears 50 HR mark with regular season play
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Staff Report

Almost 50 home runs took flight this regular season at Clearwater Street Park, including 20 from the Cartersville Little League regular season and postseason champion Tigers.

Grant Harris (9), Jake Cooper (6), John Reed Evans (4) and Dominique Williams (1) helped stake the Tigers to a 16-1 regular season record, a precursor to the team's eventual victory parade through the postseason tournament.

Other home run hitters during the regular season included the Padres' Emmanuel Jones and the Crackers' Joshua Mayo, four each; the Padres' Jacob Frye, the Dodgers' Trevor Lawrence and the Crackers' Levi Pickel, three each; the Dodgers' Matthew Greene, the Indians' Garrett Hite and the Braves' J.P. Martin, two each; and, the Dodgers' Max Rohland, the Phillies' Jordon Wells and Indians teammates Dax Edwards, Ian Inaba and John Gulisano, one each.

The Tigers' Harris doubled as the regular season and postseason home run leader, leading the tournament with three. Cooper, his teammate, had two, and Jones of the Padres, Lawrence of the Dodgers and Khase Willis of the Phillies launched home run balls, too, with one apiece.